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Webster 1913 Edition
Intolerance
In-tol′er-ance
(ĭn-tŏl′ẽr-ans)
, Noun.
[L.
intolerantia
impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance
.] 1.
Lack of capacity to endure;
as,
. intolerance
of light2.
The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; lack of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry;
as,
. intolerance
shown toward a religious sectThese few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of
intolerance
, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intolerance
INTOL'ERANCE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
intolerance
intolerance
See also: intolérance
English
Noun
intolerance (countable and uncountable, plural intolerances)
- (uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
- Intolerance as a state policy must not be tolerated.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
- (countable) An intolerant word or action.
- (countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy.
Hyponyms
- (medicine): food intolerance
Antonyms
Translations
the state of being intolerant
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extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy
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